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Last year, Dallas Mavericks (and fan friendliest) owner Mark
Cuban became inspired to change college football after reading
“Death to the BCS.” Cuban set up a company
called Radical Football and began investigating ways to make
money off college football’s mess of a postseason.

Well, Radical Football has finally put forward its first
proposal. It’s an NCAA proposal, actually, number 2011-87.
Basically it calls for the creation of a four-team invitational
during the two weeks after the regular season when most
conferences are holding their conference championships. Teams
from those conferences who do not have championships (including
Big 12 and Big East) as well as the independents (including Notre
Dame and BYU) would be invited based on the final rankings of the
regular season. (And teams could opt out.)

It’s a great idea and would no doubt add some more excitement to
December. It’s not a full-fledged playoff, which Sports Fans
Coalition is fighting for, but it’s a solid start towards change.
Fans will love it and the games could end up being more exciting
than the BCS bowl games. Most importantly, it should show
university presidents how reforming the current system can be
profitable.

Best of luck to Radical Football in this endeavor. We fully
support their efforts. Read Andy Staples’ column on the new
proposal here.